22/11/2011 14:30
Danielle Mitterrand has died at the age of 87
Danielle Mitterrand, the widow of former French President Francois Mitterrand, has died at the age of 87, BBC reports.
Mrs Mitterrand died in Georges-Pompidou hospital in Paris after being taken ill on Friday, the French news agency AFP reports.
She died at 02:00 (01:00 GMT) on Tuesday, days after being placed in an artificial coma.
Francois Mitterrand led the Socialist party and served two terms as president of France, from 1981 to 1995.
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